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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Kyung Ho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14607 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction. Each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photodiodes disposed adjacent to one another in at least one of the first direction and the second direction. The image sensor further includes a control logic configured to generate image data by obtaining pixel signals from the plurality of pixels, and read a pixel voltage corresponding to charges generated by two or more of the plurality of photodiodes included in one of the plurality of pixels, at substantially the same time.